I was working with my computer and I decided to run disk doctor from Norton and it said that my drive C was not properly configured, Will this affect Photoshop or any other program? So far the computer works beautifully. How could I fix this? Someone suggested Partition Magic to do a localized partition. How did this happen? I have not do anything radical to the drive. Maybe the Internet? A bug? I am totally clueless. Please help!! Andres.

I have Norton for my Mac and it worked fine every time I used it. When I upgraded from OS 8.6 to 9 my Norton Utilities did not work, and bombed my computer everytime I used it, but after I reinstalled it everything worked fine. I don't think anything would happen to any of your programs, but again I don't have a windows. I think you should contact Norton just to stay on the safe side. Might be too risky. Adam

When ever doing reconfigurations, defrags, etc on your machine, it is always a good idea to make back ups of files you have created. Make sure you also know all your registration #s in case you do have to reinstall software. There's always a slim chance that something horrible could go wrong.

Caligula's right. Try to burn all of your important files/documents onto a CD. CDs can hold A LOT so you can put a lot of your work on a CD. That way you won't have to risk loosing your programs AND your important work

Thanks guys, Has any of you used Partition Magic to solve something like this. Do you know what could cause a good configuration to go bad??

It seems that the main culprit in computers going bad is fragmentation. I have not used Partition Magic so I can't give you any directly related advice.

I've used Partition Magic with great success, it's a fine program, but it's not something to be messes with casually. As others have said, backup up your important files first, then try defragging/optimizing the disk. I don't really know what specific problem Norton is refering to, so it's hard to say whether Partition Magic will fix your problem or not. One thing to watch out for with programs like disk doctor is spurious reports to due incompatibilities or bugs. Older programs may not be able to properly detect new disk parameters, or sometimes the BIOS uses special tricks to access large hard drives. I'm tempted to say, if it seems to be working, then leave it alone. Regards- Lemurtek

Call Norton about this, if your system is running fine and you are going by what that program says, I would not trust the program without more info as to WHY is says you have this problem! Lemurtek...my thoughts EXACTLY! If it's ok, leave it. But always keep backups anyway, you never know what might happen. Don't wait for some program to freak you out. =) Good luck, Marque

Thanks for all your help guys, the only problem with Norton is that they claim in their web site that they do not fix misconfigured drives. Their alternative is for me to call a professional. The guy I use charges $ 165 for just about anything, Comp usa and Circuit City they reformat the drive the way it came. So I may look into Partition magic or at last resort have this guy fix it.

If you aren't having problems and you do regular backups why are you so hot to spend your money? Tell you what, you send me $165 and I will throw Norton's out for you so you can't see what it is trying to tell you. ;) You need to take that program off of your system and defrag your drive and do the little housekeeping chores that need to be done, then you will be fine. I hate those programs, don't use them, and I have been working on and building systems since the XT, ack, now you all know I really AM a Crabbitt Ole Woman! lol Marque

Unfortunately there was something wrong with the computer because it crashed bad. The technician said is better to restore the computer to its original configuration and then reinstall everything. What a pain, I do have a backup of most of my stuff. I think that the standard answer from "experts " is to restore and avoid messing around with particular programs.I think that I could do that and as Marque said avoid blowing my money.

I will typically do a format of my system and reinstall about every 2 months, just to "refresh" the system. That way I get rid of all the little stray dll's that programs like to throw around. I need to make a major backup now, thanks to the freestuff section here..lol. Good luck with your system, and if you don't have a CDR save up and get one, they are a neccessity these days. =) Marque